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J. 15'. MILLER.

MUSIC HOLDER.

Patented Mar. '18, 1890.

N. PETERQ. WW. Wilhlngfiun. D. C.

TUNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. MILLER, OF LEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES L. CARE, OF

lVHITE COUNTY, INDIANA.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 423,789, dated March18, 1890. Application filed October 17, 1888. Serial No. 288,333. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: pivot D. The inner branches at of the leversBe it known that I, JOHN F. MILLER, a citiare sufficiently long to reston the leaves of zen of the United States, residing at Lee, in 'the booknear their edges, and their ends are the county of \Vhite and State ofIndiana, flat and curved, as-shown, to give a neat fin- 5 have inventedcertain new and useful I111- ish and obtain a broad surface to restagainst provementsinMusiaHolders;andIdo declare the book without marringthe latter. The 5 5 the following to be a full, clear, and exactbranches a project outward and form handles description of theinvention, such as will ento be grasped by the hand to bring them closeable others skilled in the art to which it apper- "together, beingprovided With knobs on their IO tains to make and use thesame, referencebeouter ends to hold the branches out while ing had to the accompanyingdrawings, and not in use by pressing the knobs past each to the lettersof reference marked thereon, other and move the branches or arms a fromwhich form a part of this specification. the book or outward to permitthe book to be This invention relates to book-holders, and insertedbetween the rest and the said arms.

15 is especiallydesignedforholdingmusic-books The base or support 0 hasits outer end open on a music stand or rest. slightly inclined to throwthe arms a upward,

' he improvementconsists of two levers pivand is provided with acircular rim F, which oted to a base and a spring interposed beforms acase for the spring G. The arms 9 tween the levers to force their armsagainst of thespring project through an opening in 20 the book withsuiiicient pressure to hold it the side of the case and bear on the pinsf,

open. By preference the base is provided extending from the handles ofthe levers to with a case that incloses the spring, and the force thesaid handles apart and the arms a ends of the spring extend and engagewith against the leaves of thebook. The inner the levers or with armsprojecting from the leend of the base or support has openings for 25vers. The levers are approximately V-shaped the insertion of screws orother fastening and have circular enlargements at the juncmeans forsecuring it in place on a book-rest tion of their branches, whichoverlap one anor the music-rest of. a piano-forte. other and form acovering for the case that Having thus described my invention, whatincloses the spring. I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Theimprovement further consists of the cut, i'speculiar construction andcombination of the 1. A music-holder composed of a base or parts, whichwill be hereinafter more fully support, two levers pivoted together andto described and claimed, and shown in the acthe base, and a flat orcoil spring for forcing companying drawings, in which the outer ends ofthe levers outward, where- 3 5 Figure 1 is a topplan view of the holder,by they will press on the book, substantially showing its application;Fig. 2, a rear end as shown and described. 5 view, parts being brokenaway, of the holder; 2. In amusic-holder, the combination of Fig. 3, aperspective view of the base or supthe base, the two approximately-V-shaped port for the levers, showing the spring in levers pivotedtogether and to the base, and

0 position; Fig. 4, a section on the line 00 cc of the spring forforcing the outer ends of the Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 a perspective view ofthe levers outward to press on the book, substan- 9o levers. tially asdescribed and set forth.

The levers A and A, similarly constructed, 3. The combination of thebase having a are approximately V-shaped, having the rim to form a case,the spring arranged in 45 branches a and a at about right angles to thecase and having its ends extended beone another, and having the circularenlargeyond the case to engage with and force the ments a at the pointof convergence of the outer ends'of the levers outward against the twobranches, which overlap and are pivoted book, and the two levers pivotedtogether and together and to the base or support 0 by the to the caseand forming a cover for the. said case, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

4. The combination of the base, the two approximately-V-shaped levershaving cir- 5 cular enlargements at the point of divergence of theirbranches, the pivot uniting the levers and the base, and the spring forforcing the outer ends of the levers outward to press on the book,substantially as and for the purposes described. 10 In testimonywhereoflaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN F. MILLER.

Witnesses: JAs. L. CARR,

ROBERT GRAY.

